The new Top 100 lists are out and again Illinois’ highest achievers are our three female experts – Shreya Mangalam, Miranda Liu, and Marissa Li – occupying ranks 5, 6 and 9, respectively, for their age groups. Closely behind is 1959-rated Aria Hoesley, the 10^th best 14-year girl in the country, and four other Class A players: Ashley Yan, Emma Wang, Natalie Wisniowski and Shayna Provine.

Eight-year old Fox Valley Chess Club member Nandini Prakash has moved up to rank 5 in the country with a new personal best of 1554. Both Nandini (from Naperville) and aforementioned WCM Natalie (from Chicago) represented the U.S. in the World Cadet Championship in Spain earlier this month (cf. the separate ICA article).

Nisha Salian also deserves to be mentioned: After her excellent performance at the most recent Knights Quest, Nisha is now a solid 1400 player and leads our Age-11 group, followed by Anisha Oberai, who improved her rating from 1287 to 1333 over last month.

Many girls saw rating jumps at the Midwest Class, for example, Margarita Tsyganova, Layla Rodriguez and Linda Pham, who all played in the 1300–1699 section. With a 99-point rating gain, Margarita is currently at the top of the Age-13 category, moving up 9 ranks and overtaking Sarah Lin. The biggest improvement, however, was achieved by her peer Louisa Zhang, who went into the tournament with a 1064 rating and came out with a 1229 rating after winning her section undefeated!

Congratulations to all!

The lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, in this case October 17, 2018.

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US Rank                   Player (US Chess ID)                 October ’18 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under
58	Madugula, Chaitra (16587196)	580
70	Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634)	558
87	Mittal, Amaira (16163878)	501
95	Lee, Olivia (16643743)	449
Age 8
5	Prakash, Nandini (16085871)	1554
36	Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035)	944
59	Doddi, Sukhi (15850503)	783
66	Zheng, Joyce J (16239154)	739
70	Gansukh, Megan (16231843)	732
72	Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187)	730
Age 9
12	Pham, Linda (15464538)	1404
34	Chennareddy, Siri (15939163)	1144
57	Girish, Niyathi (16221570)	1031
Age 10
19	Raj, Ria (15844590)	1502
34	Lee, Merrill (15703571)	1394
74	Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824)	1130
78	Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778)	1103
98	Hu, Emily (16385785)	985
Age 11
33	Salian, Nisha (15767306)	1403
41	Oberai, Anisha (15794814)	1333
64	Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194)	1173
69	Musku, Himani (15932133)	1157
77	Hong, Sophie (15947555)	1135
92	Pashyan, Sofia (15844997)	1091
Age 12
9	Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390)	1818
23	Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904)	1515
60	Fan, Alice (14935236)	1283
Age 13
40	Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341)	1446
44	Lin, Sarah (15376582)	1434
56	Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160)	1301
66	Zhang, Louisa (15746981)	1229
Age 14
10	Hoesley, Aria (14631046)	1959
12	Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435)	1865
44	Rodriguez, Layla (15360516)	1442
72	Frieden, Nadia (14748442)	1180
Age 15
5	Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521)	2139
38	Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452)	1441
66	Brahin, Lizzy (15698350)	1179
Age 16
9	Li, Marissa (14468490)	2061
65	Bates, Jade (15332430)	1108
69	Thadani, Lavina (14686878)	1064
Age 17
6	Liu, Miranda (14042343)	2020
14	Wang, Emma K (13797242)	1850
66	Isaac, Faith (14994563)	856
68	Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885)	790
Age 18
10	Provine, Shayna (14137968)	1818
13	Parent, Cassie (13591356)	1761
23	Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457)	1507